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Daily Schedule
(except Sunday and holidays)

Check In - 2 p.m. Horseback riding begins the next morning.
Check Out - 10 a.m. Guests are welcome to check out of rooms, horseback ride in the morning, and stay for lunch.

7:30 a.m. Groom your horse
8 a.m. - breakfast
8:45 a.m. - new guest horseback orientation
9:30 - morning horseback ride/all-day ride
12:30 - lunch
2 p.m. - afternoon horseback ride
6 p.m. - social hour
7 p.m. - dinner

Sunday Schedule

8 a.m. - Continental breakfast
9:30 a.m. - brunch horseback ride leaves ranch
11:30 a.m. - brunch in the desert
1:15 p.m. - return to ranch (horses afternoon off)
5 p.m. - social hour
6 p.m. - dinner

General Information

Smoking: All interior rooms are non-smoking. Smoking permitted on patios and outdoor areas.

Pets: No pets, please. (We have 40 pets for you to love.)

Risk: Our guests will ride, swim and enjoy other ranch activities at their own risk and must sign an Assumption of Risk form.

Bar: The ranch offers a private licensed bar with an excellent selection of wine, beer and spirits.

Hiking: The scenic hiking trail above the ranch provides panoramic views as does the weekly guided hike up Wickenburg’s Vulture Peak.

Birding: Abundant bird species identified on ranch by Audubon Society.

Sports: Golf and tennis available a short drive from ranch.

Historic Wickenburg is home to the Desert Caballeros Museum, shops and galleries.

Transportation: Van Service (fee charged) is available from/to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Airport car rental is recommended.

What's the weather like?

Laura Bovee is available to photograph your Kay El Bar vacation.  View her photos at laurabovee.photostockplus.com

What should we bring?

Our atmosphere is casual with an emphasis on Western. Remember a warm jacket for cool desert nights and a swimming suit for the spa and pool. You'll need good tennis shoes or hiking boots for the hiking trail. We sell water bottles if you don't want to bring one. Layering clothing provides for temperature changes.

For horseback riding you'll need jeans or riding pants and boots with a smooth sole and heel. We recommend long sleeves and a western hat or helmet and a pair of gloves. (We provide loaner helmets, hats and boots.) Some of our guests suggest wearing an extra layer between jeans and skin. Tights, pantyhose, long underwear or lycra shorts may protect you from chaffing.

Directions from Phoenix airport: To get to the ranch from the Car Rental Facility at the Phoenix airport, exit the check out booth and take the ramp all the way up to the traffic light and make a left. Go to the next light which is Buckeye and make a right. Approximately 1 block on the right hand side will be the entrance to I-17 North toward Flagstaff. If you do not come from the Car Rental Facility, use the 24th Street Exit to get on I-10 West (toward Los Angeles). Take I-10 West to I-17 North toward Flagstaff. Once on I-17, go north 30 miles to Hwy 74 (Carefree Highway) and exit left (west) toward Wickenburg. Go 25 miles to Highway 60 and turn right toward Wickenburg (10 miles). At the light in town turn right and take US 89/93 for two miles. Just past Mile Marker 198 you’ll see our large sign on right side of highway. Turn right at sign onto Rincon Road. Veer left at Kay El Bar Sign (with arrow) and road goes to ranch.

Where is The Ranch? We are 5 minutes from Wickenburg, 1 hour and 15 minutes from Prescott or the Phoenix airport, 2 hours from Sedona 2.5 hours from Flagstaff, 4 hours from the Grand Canyon and 4 hours from Las Vegas.

~ IN WICKENBURG, Arizona ~

November 9-11, 2007 - Blue Grass Festival
December 7-8, 2007 - Cowboy Poetry Festival
(final poet and committee brunch held at Kay El Bar Sunday morning)
February 8-10, 2008 - Gold Rush Days celebrate Wickenburg’s history